Abelardo Quinteros (born 10 December 1923, Valparaiso) is a Chilean

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

who is particularly known for his contributions to twelve-note composition and

serialism In music, serialism is a method of Musical composition, composition using series of pitches, rhythms, dynamics, timbres or other elements of music, musical elements. Serialism began primarily with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, thou ...

. His most well known works include his award-winning ''Horizon carré, Cantos al espejo'', '' 3 arabescos concertantes'', and ''Piano Studies''. His music is known for its lyricism and expressiveness. From 1936-1941 Quinteros studied industrial design at

Federico Santa María Technical University The Federico Santa María Technical University ( es, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, UTFSM, or simply Santa Maria University) is a Chilean university member of the Rector's Council, founded in 1926 in Valparaíso, Chile. The univers ...

. He then studied music composition in Santiago with Pedro H. Allende from 1942-1948 and Fré Focke from 1949-1951. He won a scholarship from the Austrian Embassy in Chile which enabled him to pursue further studies at the Steinbauer Academy in Vienna, where he studied serialism with

Othmar Steinbauer Othmar Steinbauer (6 November 1895 – 5 September 1962) was an Austrian composer and music theorist. He progressed developments in twelve-tone composition ('). His own teachers included Joseph Marx, Anton von Webern, Arnold Schönberg and Josef ...

and singing with Christal Kern.

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